The Death Note movie started streaming on Netflix on August 25 (see "Moving Pictures: New Anime Come to Netflix"), and just like clockwork, two Death Note titles turned up in the September 2017 Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan. The All-in-One Edition took the #2 slot, impressive for a $39.99 title.

The Death Note volumes were two of ten manga VIZ Media placed in the Top 20.

The collection of DC Comics' Dark Knight sequel, Batman: The Dark Knight - Master Race HC, placed at #3, a rare top-level hit for new material from one of the Big Two comic publishers.

Avatar Press made a rare appearance in the Top 20 with its Providence Act 3 Limited Edition HC, a one-time-only hardcover collection of the final arc in the story by Alan Moore and artist Jacen Burrows.